Song Qingshu was startled. "What? Didn't they say the Lu brothers had already surrendered?"
Song Yuanqiao shook his head. "I don't know the details either. Go take a look."
Song Qingshu nodded. After bidding Zhang Sanfeng farewell, he ran out. Before long, he happened to run into Wang Ziteng and hurriedly asked, "What happened?"
Wang Ziteng was frazzled as well. "According to reports from the scouts below, the Lu brothers arrived at the foot of the mountain. The guards told them to come up on their own, but they refused. They demanded to bring their troops up with them. Naturally, my men wouldn't agree, so they started making trouble, claiming there were traitors on the mountain and that they needed to come up and protect the Emperor."
Song Qingshu finally understood. The commanders arriving to protect the Emperor had all brought troops with them. If they were all allowed to bring their armies up the mountain, Wudang Mountain would not even have room for so many people. And even if it did, they could not possibly let them all up. Wang Ziteng had limited troops at hand and could currently hold the advantageous terrain by relying on the mountain's defenses. But if other armies came up the mountain, and a few ambitious schemers were mixed among them, how could he possibly control the situation?
The Lu brothers' reaction was understandable as well. Their rebellion had just failed, and they had heard that the court had declared Jia Sidao to have died protecting the Emperor. They had already been doubtful about it. Now that they were not being allowed to bring their troops up the mountain, their first instinct was surely to suspect that the court had deceived them all along and intended to lure them up the mountain for a